August Curriculum: What We’re Reading, Watching & Listening To

I am recommending Fame Sick by Lena Dunham.

Oh my goodness, I only just finished this book but I picked it up a little while ago, and that's not, um, a bad reflection on the book.

I really liked this memoir and I wanna talk about it.

I feel like it was everywhere when it was released, um, but-

Yeah

...

I'm a bit of a slow reader sometimes.

Have you read it yet?

Have you ever had a chance to talk about it? It's so weird you bring this up, because on the tram today I was like, "I'm gonna read Fame Sick this whole weekend." I got some Girls content served on my feed and I was like, "Yeah, I, I'm ready now.

I'm spiritually ready to read Fame Sick." So talk to us about it.

Of course.

So Fame Sick is the second memoir of Lena Dunham, and of course she is the creator of Girls, she is a writer.

She is, I don't even know how to describe it [laughs] You know, she's like an indie brat.

She's everything.

She does everything.

She makes TV shows and movies.

Um, she's been a public figure as well.

So this memoir is split into three parts: I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman, and All I Need is Time.

And I didn't know this, but I'm sure you know, [laughs] uh, those are lyrics from Britney Spears' song I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman.

I love that you're like, "I'm sure you know," 'cause at the Book Club Retreat we did, uh, ca- blind karaoke and Hit Me Baby One More Time came on.

And I [laughs] knew all the lyrics and you were like, "Oh my god, Jas." The '90s girls in us just-

Mm-hmm

... like locked in straight away.

[laughs]

Um, what was your favorite part of Fame Sick?